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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    will be reading this in a about a week...

    Breathing by Brian R. Ward
  • Franny
    Franny Posts: 2,054
    Just finished this one..... Mutiny: The True Events That Inspired The Hunt For Red October by: Boris Gindin and David Hagberg


    Just started....Some Girls by Jillian Lauren.

    Still reading ....Together Alone: The Story Of The Finn Brothers :D
  • ponner1us
    ponner1us Posts: 738
    Jeff Murray wrote:
    Currently reading Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk.

    Anyone familiar with Amy Hempel? There is a short story relating to her work in Stranger Than Fiction and kind of got me interested. Curious if anyone has any opinions on her work.

    I read some of her stuff after reading that Palahniuk was a fan of hers. I just didn't get her work at all, didn't connect on any level, but that doesn't mean you won't.
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  • Nastasja
    Nastasja Posts: 9,668
    Simone de Beauvoir - Old Age
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • MoonTurtle
    MoonTurtle Posts: 752
    botany of desire
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,967
    Just finished Tough Guy, autobiography on Bob Probert (NHL Enforcer) good read :thumbup:
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    i'm still in the middle of re-reading Anne Rice's Witch Series. I just completed The Witching Hour. Before i continue with the second book, Lasher, I am bouncing back to the vampire series with Memnock the Devil.

    The Witching Hour is by far the best book i've ever read, but it takes awhile to get going (it is around 950-1000 pages!)
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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell.

    Comparative mythology. Fascinating, but a difficult read if you don't have a decent knowledge base of the world's ancient myths.

    Next up is either The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley or the book about the eight stages of consciousness by Tim Leary.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    he still stands wrote:
    The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell.

    Comparative mythology. Fascinating, but a difficult read if you don't have a decent knowledge base of the world's ancient myths.
    That's a great one. If somebody isn't knowledgeable about mythology, that book is a good excuse to learn about it. Then you'll always be looking for parallels with modern literature. :lol:
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    I am reading a murder mystery that an atty in my office wrote and has not yet published (he has written 3 other books). Pretty good so far---has kept my interest anyway.
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  • Jeff Murray
    Jeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    ponner1us wrote:
    Jeff Murray wrote:
    Currently reading Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk.

    Anyone familiar with Amy Hempel? There is a short story relating to her work in Stranger Than Fiction and kind of got me interested. Curious if anyone has any opinions on her work.

    I read some of her stuff after reading that Palahniuk was a fan of hers. I just didn't get her work at all, didn't connect on any level, but that doesn't mean you won't.


    Thanks! I see where they are publishing most of her short stories in one book. Might give it a shot. Worst case scenario I give it to someone who will like it!
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  • Jeff Murray
    Jeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    Just started Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen. Should be a quick read like his Jack Taylor series was, good stories, just not very thick with fluff so to speak.
    If there were no Angels would there be no sin?
  • PJ212
    PJ212 Posts: 827
    Bossypants - Tina Fey... pretty funny
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  • nuclear ukuleles
    nuclear ukuleles Posts: 660
    Cat's Cradle
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Miracles of Life: Shanghai To Shepperton - An Autobiography - J.G Ballard

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  • guitar59
    guitar59 Posts: 1,221
    cbrunelle783 wrote:
    number1PJfan wrote:
    Water for Elephants


    That's the only one of hers that's really good. Her latest, Ape House, is dreadful which is too bad b/c bonobo's are cool but the book is awful. I can't wait to see the movie of Water for Elephants.

    This is good to know. I enjoyed Water for Elephants and since Ape House is now an affordable paperback I thought I would read it...maybe not...

    I just finished The Hunger Games Trilogy and just started To Kill a Mockingbird. I decided that I would read some classics this year, interspersed with the trade fiction.
  • csblake111
    csblake111 Posts: 147
    guitar59 wrote:
    cbrunelle783 wrote:
    number1PJfan wrote:
    Water for Elephants


    That's the only one of hers that's really good. Her latest, Ape House, is dreadful which is too bad b/c bonobo's are cool but the book is awful. I can't wait to see the movie of Water for Elephants.

    This is good to know. I enjoyed Water for Elephants and since Ape House is now an affordable paperback I thought I would read it...maybe not...

    I just finished The Hunger Games Trilogy and just started To Kill a Mockingbird. I decided that I would read some classics this year, interspersed with the trade fiction.

    LOVED Water For Elephants. I saw the movie last week. Not a bad adaptation from a book. I am usually very disappointed in movies made from books, but this was pretty good.

    I read Ape House and have to agree, not good. If you want to read a really interesting book on bonobos, which are fascinating animals, read Bonobo Handshake by Vanessa Woods. It's non-fiction and and a really great book.

    I just finished reading Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. Wonderful story.
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    number1PJfan wrote:

    I just finished reading Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. Wonderful story.

    Did you cry all the way through it? I just finished it about a month ago.

    I would highly recommend - just finished reading the third volume of Edmund Morris's Teddy Roosevelt biography and it was fantastic. He is a little too in love with his own writing, but that's okay. All 3 books are great.
  • csblake111
    csblake111 Posts: 147
    Enkidu wrote:
    number1PJfan wrote:

    I just finished reading Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. Wonderful story.

    Did you cry all the way through it? I just finished it about a month ago.

    There were parts that were pretty emotional. It was actually my second time reading it. Read it again for Book Group. I never wanted the book to end. Just fantastic writing. :)
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    csblake111 wrote:
    Enkidu wrote:
    number1PJfan wrote:

    I just finished reading Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. Wonderful story.

    Did you cry all the way through it? I just finished it about a month ago.

    There were parts that were pretty emotional. It was actually my second time reading it. Read it again for Book Group. I never wanted the book to end. Just fantastic writing. :)

    His other book about working as a doctor somewhere in the south with AIDs patients is supposed to be amazing. My Own Country. I haven't read that though.

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